Advanced Distribution

Automation
Enhance the reliability of power system service, power quality
and efficiency by automating Data preparation in near real time
Optimal decision making
Control of distribution operation in coordination with
transmission and generation systems operation
Advanced Distribution Automation offer the tools grid operators
need to monitor, manage and automate processes across a wide
range of distribution grid applications.
Management of unplanned outages:
Automate the four steps of: (1) detecting the fault, (2) locating
the fault in the grid, (3) isolating the area around the fault and
restoring power to those not directly affected and (4) repairing
the fault and restoring power to all.

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Management of planned outages (scheduled
maintenance and replacement of distribution
grid assets):

Preparing and planning the maintenance operation;

communicating with the customers concerned; network
switching to isolate the assets to be maintained; and
maintenance of the assets and restoration of power.
Storm outage restoration:
The system is able to take inputs such as
meteorological data and learn from past events,
increasing the accuracy of forecasts over time and
minimizing the risk of applying an inappropriate
switching sequence

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Volt/VAR management:
Network voltage is maintained within
acceptable limits through model-based
Volt/VAr management. Real-time voltage
and current levels across the distribution
grid is measured and then a mathematical
model of the grid is used to optimize the
settings for each device.

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Predictive operation within grid
constraints:
They help operators forecast over- and
under-voltage events and locations,
optimize control strategy to keep voltage
within acceptable limits and implement a
longer-term control strategy.

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Power flow management:

With consumer-owned generation, such as solar photovoltaic panels, growing in

popularity, it is increasingly likely that there will be reverse power flows, back
from the feeder, further out in the distribution grid.
Operators can monitor and control the true power flows in the distribution grid,
taking measurements from multiple points within an area.

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Implementing Distribution Grid Automation
Distribution grid automation architecture consists of three
layers:
Layer 1: Power technology
Ensure that power equipment being installed today offers the
latest local protection and control technology and be readily
integrated into a grid automation scheme in future.
Layer 2: Automation Technology
Dedicated Intelligent Electronic Devices (IEDs) for the
protection, control, measurement and supervision of all power
equipment or actuators such as reclosers, breakers,
switchgear, capacitor banks and tap-changing transformers,
across all industry standards and grid topologies.
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Layer 3: integrated control (OT) and
enterprise (IT) software:
Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) data is
combined with network data from the supervisory
control and data acquisition (SCADA) system to
construct a single network model.
This model, which explicitly represents the system
connectivity and electrical characteristics, is
shared across both the Outage Management
System (OMS) and the advanced Distribution
Management Systems (DMS) applications.
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Communication
Technologies for Smart
Grid
GSM

Broad Band over power lines

Home networking(LAN)